Like I stated if you are hesitant about doing this then I would send it out, but again it looks like an easy fix. I use Prussian Blue and would put it on the extension rib, face of the barrels and the hook but only a very faint film of Prussian Blue on the surfaces and then try to assembly the barrels on the receiver to see where if there is tell-tale markings on those surfaces of the receiver.
If you decide to do it, the file must fit into the hook on the barrels. I use a fine round 1/2" file with light strokes and they must be parallel to the hook if not one barrel might be a little off-face. In your case two or three light passes and then try again, always easier to remove then have to add material.
Could you verify that the barrels are not touching the breech at the bottom? I hope they are. When I enlarge the picture it looks like they are not touching but want to make sure. If the barrels are touching at the bottom of the breech, then a few light passes on the hook should do it. OTHER WISE if the are not touching, a few passes with a flat smooth file on the back of the extension rib. The breech balls on the receiver are a little larger than the barrels but I would not worry about than. The donor barrels were struck to the original gun's breech balls.
Upon thinking about this as I type, if the barrels are not touching the breech face at all, filing the extension rib to let barrels close all the way is not going to help because the barrels will be off-face. Use a flashlight to make sure.
Without having gun in hand this is a hard diagnosis if barrels are not touching breech face.
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